Pupil Premium
What is Pupil Premium?
The government believes that the pupil premium, which is additional to main school funding, is the best way to address the current underlying inequalities between children eligible for free school meals (FSM) and their peers by ensuring that funding to tackle disadvantage reaches the pupils who need it most.
The pupil premium was introduced in April 2011 and is allocated to schools to work with pupils who have been registered for free school meals at any point in the last six years (known as ‘Ever 6 FSM’).
Schools also receive funding for children who have been looked after continuously for more than six months, and children of service personnel.
Although children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 are entitled to a universal free school meal, the school will only receive pupil premium funding if parents have met the criteria and completed the application.
If you believe that your child is entitled to a free school meal, please see Mrs Burr in the school office or you can follow this link to download a form and apply online:
Free school meals online application
Free school meals are available to children of families who are in receipt of:
- Income Support
- Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
- Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- The guaranteed element of Pension Credit
- Child Tax Credit (provided you’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)
- Working Tax Credit run-on – paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
- Universal Credit – if you apply on or after 1 April 2018 your household income must be less than £7,400 a year (after tax and not including any benefits you get)
Parents receiving Working Tax Credit for four weeks after their employment finishes are entitled to free school meals during that period. This also applies to parents who start working less than 16 hours per week (please seek advice about this from the Benefits Agency)
Children who receive Income Support or Income Based Job Seekers Allowance in their own right are also entitled to receive Free School Meals.
In cases where children receive education who have not attained compulsory school age, there will be a conditional requirement that they receive education both before and after the lunch period, before being eligible to receive Free School Meals.
Please note:
If you receive Working Tax Credit only, your child is NOT eligible.
Measuring Impact
In order to effectively measure the impact of Pupil Premium Funding at Henhurst Ridge Primary Academy, there are a number of analyses completed. We monitor the impact of support by analysing attainment and progress of Pupil Premium pupils and comparing them to other pupil groups to see if differences in attainment and progress are minimised. In addition, we also measure improvements in participation in activities and clubs, attendance, confidence, behaviour and reductions in exclusions.
Henhurst Ridge Primary Academy Pupil Premium Statement 2018/19: no pupils were in receipt of Pupil Premium in this academic year.
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Henhurst Ridge Primary Academy Pupil Premium Statement 2020 21
Pupil Premium Statement Henhurst Ridge 2021-22
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